Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture / Edition 1

by Jacob Eyferth, Peter Ho, Eduard Vermeer

Overview

Since the late 1970s, China has experienced the most rapid social and economic changes in world history. Over 200 million rural inhabitants were lifted out of absolute poverty and tens of millions became wealthier than the average urban resident.
This book offers an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the social and economic changes that have swept through the Chinese countryside. Topics covered include: land tenure and rural labour, social welfare, poverty alleviation, rural resettlement, food security, natural resource management and rural industrialization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714655499
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/05/2004
Series:	Library of Peasant Studies
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jacob Eyferth, Peter Ho, Eduard Vermeer

Table of Contents

1. The opening up of China's countryside Jacob Eyferth, Peter Ho and Eduard Vermeer 2. The new rural geography - an analysis of China's first agricultural census of 1997 Roberto Fanfani and Cristina Brasili 3 . Rethinking the peasant burden - evidence from a Chinese village Li Xiande 4 . How not to industrialize - observations from a village in Sichuan Jacob Eyferth 5. Determinants of income from wages in rural Wuxi and Qingyuan - a statistical analysis of households in twenty two villages Eduard B. Vermeer 6. The wasteland auction policy in northwest China - solving environmental degradation and rural poverty? Peter Ho 7. Resettlement schemes as a last means to poverty reduction? Ningxia's third road of rural development Rita Merkle 8. A comparative study of projection models for China's food economy Xiaoyong Zhang 9. Social welfare in rural China - suggestions for a comprehensive approach Jutta Hebel 10. Gender differences in inheritance rights - observations from a Chinese village Heather Xiaoquan Zhang 11. Why does local government promote private enterprises? Maria Edin